Wringer safety guard



May 1'3, 1924;

IMI/er1 for Patented May 13, 1924.

UNITED sirnflliis was carica.

HENRY SCHUESSLER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

'WRINGEB SAFETY GUARD.

Application led Hai-oh 8, 1922. Serial No. 540,772.

Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto Wringer Safety Guards, and has for'its principalobject the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character whichwill be economical in manufacture and efficient in use.

The invention relates especially to a guar which is removabl mounted onthe Vroller supporting posts o the wringer an appreciable distance abovethe top or upper roller of the wringer arranged to prevent the hand ofthe operator from commg into contact with the rollers which wouldprobably prove injurious to the operator.

Other objects 'will appear hereinafter. Y

The invention consists in the combinations and arran ments of partshereinafter described an claimed. V

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingvdrawings forming a part of this specification, and 1n which,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a wringer showing aguard, cmbodying the invention, mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view, of the same, taken substantially online 2-2 of Fi 1 Y Fi .,3 is a top plan view of the guard illustratecgiin Fig. 1 ;.and

Fi 4 is a perspective view of one of the guar supports embodied in theinvention.

In the drawing, A indicates a wringer of any approved type comprisingopposite roller supporting osts 5 and 5 and adjacent rollers 6 vand 7 wich are o eratively connected by gears (not shown? inclosed in a housin8, said rollers being operable throu the medium of an operating handle 9as s own or the said rollers can be power driven as desired. Most anyapproved wringer -is provided with oppositely arranged feed boardswhichin this instance are indicated at 9 and. ixedly secured to a transversesupport 10 by an lar brackets 11, as shown. In the constructlonillustrated in Fig. 2 the posts 5 and 5of the wringer A are constructedin spaced relation with respect to each other, as" at 12, to permit thedistance between the rollers to be adjusted accordin to the desire ofthe operator. This adjustability most any approved type of wringer anddoes not embody the invention and the same is not illustrated in thedrawings. Traversing the space 12 between each ofthe roller supports isa supporting member 13 havin a lateral bearing member 14 arran ed andadapted to support .the guard B em dying the invention. The guard Bcomprises op-l positely arranged leaf members 15 and 16 which arehingedly connected together by a longitudinally extending shaft 17 whichpasses through knuckles 18 formed on the adjacent side -edges of each ofthe leaf members 15 and 16. The opposite ends of the shaft 17 arescrew-threaded for the receip` tion of adjustable nuts 19 for adjustingt e guardB in the proper position when the o posite ends of the shaft 17are mounted 1n the lateral bearings 14 of the supports 13.

The adjustable nuts 19 also prevent the shaft from moving longitudinallwith respect to the roller 6 when mount in the bearin 14. Asshown inFig. 2 the adjacent siesa Vportions 16 of the leaf members 15 and 16.

are bent` to correspond with the contour of the roller 6 and supportedin spaced relation with respect to. the periphery of the said roller."When the guard B is mounted inthe position shown by full lines in Fig.2 the leaf members 15 and 16 rest on the adjacent su ports 10 and aswill be noted the outer en s 2O ofthe said leaf members are supported anappreciable distance above the feed boards 9,-and the outer'side edgesof the leaf members are in alinement with the outer side edges of thefeed boards 9, as shown. This arrangement is such that when the operatorfeeds the clothesto the rollers there will be leaf members 15 and 16 ina dpcsiior shawn l loc t e same` by dotted lines in Fig. 2, an in suchposition through the medium of ,angular lock plates 21 which are carriedbythe v ofthe Arollers is provided in v details of the construction setforth, ut deoats 5 and 5. The curved portions of the eaf members 15 and16 areprovided with observation openings 22 so as to permit the operatorto observe the rollers when in operation which is necessary so as todetermine the manner in which the clothes are passing between therollers.

B my improved guard the operators han s are protected from thedetrimental action of the rollers and at the same time one is enabled toobserve the clothes passing between vthe rollers. The uard asillustrated 'and herein set forth can e manufactured at a nominal costand will prove to be of great commercial value.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carryin lmy invention into effect, this is capable ovariation and 'modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limitedto the recise sire toavail myself of such variations Aand modifications as come withinthe`scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A safety guard for a wringer comprising guard members having curvedpor- Vtions extending in spaced relation with respect to one of therollers of a wringer and having portions extending outwardly therefromand rovided with openings formed in the curv portionspermittingobservation of said roller, and means for locking said guardmembers in a position permitting access to the rollers.

2. A safety guard for a wringer com rising in combination with bearingmem rs carried by the roller supports of a. wringer,

a supporting member carried by said bearings, guard members carried bysaid supporting member and having portions projecting outwardly from oneof the rollers of the wringer, means carried by said supporting memberfor adjusting said guard members thereon, and angular shaped memberscarried by the roller supports for holding the guard members in aposition permitting access to the rollers.

3. In a safety guard of the class described, the combination withadjacent rollers of a wringerand oppositely arranged supporting postsfor said rollers, of a support carried by each of said posts, therebeing a bearing formed on each of said supports; a guard memberremovably mounted in-said bearings and supported thereby above saidrollers, said guard member comprising o positely arranged leaf membershingedly connected together; and means carried by each of said posts forholding said leaf members out of operative position.

4. In a safety guard of the class described,

the combination with adjacent rollers of a" wringer and oppositelyarranged supporting posts for said rollers, of a support carfo'r holdingsaid leaf members out of operative position. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY SCHUESSLER. Witnesses:

Fenna C. ArrLn'roN, J osHUA R. H. Po'rrs.

ried by each of said posts, there being a

